JOHN MAXWELL Driven by his passion for leadership and joy of adding value to others, John C. Maxwell has spent decades researching and studying leadership and communicating his insights across the globe. Drawing upon his wealth of knowledge and experience he is leadership's foremost expert and best-selling author. Leadership Inspiration: Exceptional
TOM PETERS Fortune called Tom Peters the "Ur-guru" of management. The Economist tagged him the Uber-guru; and BusinessWeek's take on his "unconventional views" led them to label Peters "business's best friend and worst nightmare." Leadership Inspiration: Great
KEN BLANCHARD Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies®, an international management training and consulting firm that he and his wife, Dr. Marjorie Blanchard, founded in 1979 in San Diego, California Leadership Inspiration:
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MARSHALL GOLDSMITH Marshall Goldsmith Partners LLC is a leadership development firm that delivers consistently superior executive coaching as well as other leadership development services to clients globally. We bring together the behavioral coaching expertise of Marshall Goldsmith, renowned executive coach, and the power of Katzenbach Partners LLC (KPL), a leading organizational performance consulting firm. Leadership Inspiration:
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JACK WELCH Jack Welch John Frances Welch Jr. was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1935. A 1957 University of Massachusetts graduate, with a B.S. in chemical engineering, Welch continued to pursue his education at the University of Illinois, with M.S. and PhD degrees in chemical engineering.
Jack Welch joined General Electric in 1960, and after only a year, he actually wanted to leave the company and take a job offer he had received from International Minerals & Chemicals. Leadership Inspiration:
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ROBIN SHARMA Robin Sharma is an internationally respected leadership expert and author who has worked with executives globally for over 10 years with exceptional results. Robin’s books on personal and professional mastery have sold millions of copies. Leadership Inspiration:
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HARVEY MACKAY Harvey Mackay is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Both books are among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time, according to the New York Times. Harvey is also a popular and entertaining business speaker and was named one of the top five speakers in the world by Toastmasters International. Leadership Inspiration:
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STEPHEN COVEY Dr. Covey dedicates his life to teaching principle-centered living and leadership to individuals, families, and organizations. Holder of an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate degree from Brigham Young University, Dr. Covey is author of the international bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, named the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century, and other best sellers that include First Things First , Principle-Centered Leadership, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Leadership Inspiration:
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MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Cambridge-educated Marcus Buckingham challenged years of social theory and utilized nearly two decades of research experience as a Sr. Researcher at The Gallup Organization to break through the preconceptions about achievement and get to the core of what drives success. His trio of best-selling books, First, Break All the Rules (coauthored with Curt Coffman, Simon & Schuster, 1999); Now, Discover Your Strengths (coauthored with Donald O. Clifton, The Free Press, 2001); and The One Thing You Need to Know (The Free Press, 2005), give insights to maximizing strengths, understanding the crucial differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal success. Leadership Inspiration -
ARTHUR F CARMAZZI Arthur F. Carmazzi is the principal founder the Directive on methodology psychological approaches to workforce enhancement and corporate culture transformation. With his renowned Directive Communication Methodology, he has cultivated better Leadership in some of the Asian regions greatest companies and Implemented Organizational Development programs to facilitate Motivation and Cooperation that ultimately affected the bottom line in Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, China, Indonesia and India. He is the best selling co-author of "The 6 Dimensions of Top Achievers", and author of "Identity Intelligence" and "Lessons from the Monkey King". Leadership Inspiration: -
MARK SANBORN International best-selling author of The Fred Factor, Mark Sanborn is known as "the high content speaker who motivates." He presents over 90 programs each year on leadership, team building, customer service and mastering change. Leadership Inspiration:
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PAUL BRIDLE Paul is a Leadership Methodologist. For over seventeen years he has studied effective organizations and the people that lead them. As a result of his research around the world, he is called upon to assist both private as well as public organizations by acting as an advisor or consultant on a range of projects relating to management and leadership issues or development. Leadership Inspiration:
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MAX De PREE With forty years of corporate experience, Max De Pree is Chairman Emeritus of Herman Miller, Inc., a member of Fortune magazine’s National Business Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Business Enterprise Trust’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He has served on the boards of Fuller Theological Seminary, Hope College, and Words of Hope. Leadership Inspiration:
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WARREN BENNIS Dr. Warren Bennis (Antioch College, Class of 1951) is one of the nation's foremost authorities on organizational development, leadership and change.Since 1979, Dr. Bennis has served as University Professor and Distinguished Professor of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He considers that he has entered a truly generative stage in his life, one in which he pursues his greatest joy, writing, while also mentoring and taking pleasure in "people growing." Leadership Inspiration:
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RAM CHARAN Ram Charan is a highly acclaimed speaker and advisor. He is the coauthor of Execution and the author of What the CEO Wants You to Know and many other books. Leadership Inspiration:
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GARY HEIL Change Leadership: Creating a Different Tomorrow
Heil inspires audiences with his passion for change, delivering tested strategies for optimistic leadership toward a shared and attainable future.
Passionate about seeking more effective ways to lead inspired teams, Gary Heil helps organizations see things as they really are - not as they wish they were - to make change happen. Leadership Inspiration:
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LAURA INGRAHAM After graduating from Dartmouth College, Laura worked as a speechwriter in the final two years of the Reagan Administration at the White House, the Department of Transportation and the Department of Education.In addition to hosting her own syndicated radio program, Laura is an author, frequent columnist, and television commentator. Her latest book, Shut Up & Sing: How the Elites in Hollywood, Politics...and the UN are Subverting America is a bestseller. Her work has influenced some of the worlds most influential people to take an active leadership role in making a difference. Leadership Inspiration:
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LEWIS PINAULT Lewis Pinault is vice president of consumer industries at one of the world's leading computer services and outsourcing firms, and he is a research practitioner with the Imagination Lab Foundation established by the LEGO Group. Consulting Demons, Pinault's notorious firsthand, partner-level account of the too-often unscrupulous workings of the consulting industry, led to his intensive exploration and development of new and better means of client engagement and consumer understanding. Leadership Inspiration:
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MICHAEL K DEAVER He has been "making it happen" behind the scenes of American politics for over 30 years. One of the most oft-quoted sources on media and the presidency for America's top newspapers, Deaver currently serves as International Vice Chairman for Edelman Worldwide and Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs for Edelman's Washington office. Leadership Inspiration:
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PETER ISLER Peter Isler has been involved in every America's Cup since winning it as navigator aboard Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes in Australia in 1987.He co-authored the best-selling book, Sailing for Dummies (Wiley) and wrote a business book, At the Helm: Business Lessons for Navigating Rough Waters (Doubleday) with Peter Economy.. He is president of Isler Sailing International, Inc. a sports marketing and television production company. Leadership Inspiration:
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JIM COLLINS Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, and GOOD TO GREAT. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. Leadership Inspiration:
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NOEL M. TICHY Dr. Noel M. Tichy is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he is the director of the Global Business Partnership, which for over a decade ran the Global Leadership Program, a 36-company consortium of Japanese, European and North American companies who partnered to develop senior executives and conduct action research on globalization in China, India, Russia and Brazil. Leadership Inspiration:
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WILLIE JOLLEY Willie Jolley is “America’s Premier Celebrity Speaker – Singer – Author… Inspiring Millions with Music & Motivation!” He is an award winning speaker, a world-class singer, and a best selling author and media personality all in one person! He specializes in Accelerating Success and Growing Businesses by Growing People, Performance and Profits. His role in the inspiation of others has lead to thousands of new leaders developing more leaders around the globe. Leadership Inspiration:
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JOHN BALDONI John Baldoni is a recognized thought leader in leadership and communications as well as a popular motivational speaker, executive coach, and communications consultant.John's website is designed to help managers create, plan, manage, recognize, motivate, and lead more effectively Leadership Inspiration:
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ROSABETH MOSS KANTER Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, where she specializes in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights have guided leaders of large and small organizations worldwide for over 25 years, through teaching, writing, and direct consultation to major corporations and governments. Leadership Inspiration:
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JONAR C. NADER Jonar C. Nader is the anti-Dale Carnegie. Fed up with what he calls "inefficiency, inaccuracy, inconsistency, and untruths," he wrote How to Lose Friends and Infuriate People as an antidote to winning friends, seeking excellence, and all the other clich'xe9s that dominate and cripple the world of business leadership and personal achievement. Jonar Nader helps audiences develop their skills and work with others.
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ERIC SCHLOSSER
Eric Schlosser has been a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly since 1996. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, the Nation, and The New Yorker. He has received a National Magazine Award and a Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for reporting. In 1998 Schlosser wrote an investigative piece on the fast food industry for Rolling Stone. What began as a two-part article for the magazine turned into a groundbreaking book: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (2001). Leadership Inspiration:
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TINA CAREY Equipped with more than just management theory, Tina Carey's front line experience gives her a keen understanding of all aspects of organizational structure. Firsthand knowledge of the challenges incumbent upon companies in our rapidly changing world provides her with the insight to quickly and accurately assess specific conditions and provide effective solutions that consider all stakeholders. Leadership Inspiration:
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BARRY Z POSNER Barry Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. He is the co-author of the award-winning and best-selling leadership book: The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations. Leadership Inspiration:
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STEVEN SONSINO Steven Sonsino is a fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School, where he was director of the Emerging Leaders Programme, one of the school's flagship open general management programmes, until 2003. He currently works on customized executive education programmes for HSBC and Whitbread. Leadership Inspiration:
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